AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.2.3 Beta

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AMD today released the latest version of Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition. Version 18.2.3, the third release for this month, comes with optimization for "Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age," "Sea of Thieves," and "Brass Tactics." With "Sea of Thieves," the drivers enable up to 29% higher frame-rates at 4K UHD, when measured with Radeon RX Vega 64, and up to 39% higher frame-rates at 1080p, when measured with an RX 580. With FFXII, it enables up to 13% higher frame-rates at 1440p measured with an RX Vega 64, and up to 20% higher frame-rates at 1080p, with an RX 580.

A host of FreeSync-related bugs are addressed with this release. They correct a bug experienced with FreeSync kicking in during online video-playback in Google Chrome, causing flickering; rapid frame-rate changes between minimum and maximum FPS ranges when gaming in certain system configurations; which causes stuttering; and a flickering observed on FreeSync-capable displays when performance metrics overlay is enabled with Enhanced Sync. A Radeon Overlay flickering noticed on Vulkan API games was fixed. A display corruption issue with "Fortnite" was fixed. Grab the drivers from the link below.



DOWNLOAD: AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.2.3 Beta

The change-log follows.

Support For

Sea of Thieves

• Up to 29% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.3 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 at 3840x2160. RS-215
• Up to 39% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.3 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 at 1920x1080. RS-216

Brass Tactics

Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age

• Up to 13% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.3 on the Radeon RX Vega 56 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 at 2560x1440. RS-212
• Up to 20% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.3 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 at 2560x1440p. RS-213

Fixed Issues

• Radeon FreeSync may intermittently incorrectly engage during Chrome video playback resulting in playback flicker.
• Radeon FreeSync may rapidly change between min and max range when enabled causing stutter in fullscreen games on multi display system configurations.
• Flickering may be observed on the performance metrics overlay when Enhanced Sync is enabled on some Radeon FreeSync connected displays.
• Radeon Overlay may exhibit minor flickering when enabled while playing games using the Vulkan API.
• Fortnite may experience lighting or fog corruption on some graphics quality presets.
• Radeon ReLive instant replay clips may intermittently contain small amounts of audio distortion.
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War may experience an application crash when launched as a Universal Windows Application.
• For Honor may experience an intermittent application crash on launch.

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[Kohl Baas]

Sweet!

 

[lemkeant]

Very sweet because that Chrome video bug was annoying. Looking forward to the March release w/ Final Fantasy XV

 

[Kohl Baas]

Well, I'm home and I definitely have that 30% extra in Sea of Thieves. Actually it's more like 50% to me, but there is the possibility that the game itself has beed updated since...